Vehicle washer



Aug. 17 1926. 1,596,755

E. MULLER VEHICLE WASHER Filed Sept. 2, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug, 17 1926.

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VEHICLE WASHER Filed Sep- 2' 1922 2 sheets-She@t 2 INI/EN TUR Zia/Warfuy "Armen/Erb'- Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

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EDVJARD MULLER, OF NORTH BERGEN, NEVI JERSEY.

VEHICLE Application filed September rThis invention relates in general to that type or vehicle washer in which the delivery pipe is rotatably secured to a fixed water supply upon the ceiling' or an overhead support, and in which the flow of water is controlled by manipulation of the delivery pipe or hose as in my Patent No. 1,455,349, issued May 15, 1923,

The objects of the present invention are to provide novel and improved means `to enable the water supply to be controlled by the delivery pipe in any position within its range of movement; to provide an ini-z` proved mechanism for actuating the valve of the water supply from the valve control member which is operated by movement of the delivery pipe,`\'vhereby the valve is positively actuated with a minimum amount ot energy expended in moving the delivery pipe; to thus utilize a toggle or a pair of pivotally connected links between said valve control member and thevalve, one end ot said toggle or ot one of said links being connected to said member and the other end engaging said valve, and to obtain other results and advantages as may be brought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ot reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partially in central section, of a vehicle washer embodying my invention; j

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof, portions being broken away Y Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line A-A of Fig. 1 and showing the mechanism in the position assumed when the valve is closed; N f

Figure l is a view similar to Figure 3, showing the mechanism in the position assumed to partially open the valve, and

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the mec'hanisn'i in the position to fully open the valve.

In the specific embodiment of the invention shown in said drawings, 1 indicates a depending support adapted to be secured to the ceiling or other overhead support by a base or foot 2, said support having for its lower portion a central longitudinal passage J for water which at its upper end turns outwardly, as at t, through a boss 5 on the support which is adapted to receive a water supply pipe 6, in which is located a shutoff valve 7 whose stem 8 is normally projected WASHER.

a, 1922. serial No. 586,034.

to hold the valve closed by a spring (not shown) as is common in the art.

.Below the point where the water supply p ipe 6 joins the support 1, said support has a reduced portion 9 which rotatably receives a sleeve 10 with a lateral horizontally projecting arm 11, and this sleeve is held upward in place by means ot a nut 12 beneath the same upon a further reduced and threaded portion 111 of the support 1. The lower end of the support receives a nipple 15 and a packing gland 17 is screwed onto said ren duced end 1doit' the support to prevent leakage around the nipple, a lock nut 13 being provided upon said reduced end for said packing gland 17. From the lower end of said nipple extends the delivery pipe which is here shown in the usual` :torni comprising a horizontal portion 18 connected to the nip ple 15 by an elbow 19 and supported near its other end by a hanger 20 from the arm 11, the hose 21 connecting at the end of the horizontal pipe 18 beyond said hanger by means of an elbow 22 and any suitable kind ci anipple 23. It will be understood that the hanger 2O rigidly connects the pipe 18 and arm 11 so that they rotate together, in either direction upon the support 1 accordas the hose is pulled, the sleeve 10 turning upon the reduced portion 9 of the support, and the nipple 15 turning in its socket and packing.

Coming now to the invention, I provide at the upper end of the sleeve 10 a reduced portion V211 to receive a valve operating or controlling member 25, which as shown most clearly in Figures 2 and 3 comprises two sections 26 and 27 which are formed intermediate their ends with semi-circular portions 28 and 29 of a radius substantially equal to that ot the reduced portion 24, said sections26 and 27 being applied to said reduced Yportion from opposite sides thereotI and frictionally engaging the same. For

vthe purpose of adjusting Vsaid friction en-V gagement, the ends of said sections 26y and 27 are connected by bolts 30 having wing nuts 31 thereon between which and one ot the sections are mounted compression springs 32. The springs 32 tend to draw the sections 26 and 27 together into irictional engagement with the reduced portion 24, and the amount cfg-friction can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the wing nuts 31.

he amount of the friction is such that when the sleeve 10 is iirst turned, by pulling upon the hose, the valve controlling member turns with itto open or close the valve according to the direction of the turn, and then allows the sleeve to turn independently of the valve controlling member. Positive stop means are preferably provided for limiting the movement of said valve controlling member with the sleeve 10 as will be describedmore fully.

For the purpose of operating the valve 7 from the valve controlling member, l fixedly mount a bracket 33 on the neck of the valve casing in any suitable manner. A lever 3a is pivotally mount-ed intermediate its ends at- 35 in said bracket 33, one end of said lever frictionally engaging the stem 8 of the valve 7 so that upon oscillation of the lever about its pivot in one direction the valve stem will be reciprocated against the action of its spring to open the valve, the lever being oscillated in the op aosite direction by the spring of the valve.` 'The other end of said lever 34 is pivotally connected at 36 to one end of a link 37 the opposite end of which is pivotally connected to a lug 3S carried by the upper side of the valve controlling member. vWith this construction when the valve controlling member is rotated'in one direction with the sleeve 10, the valve is opened, as shown by Figures l and 5, while when the valve controlling member is rotated in the opposite direction the lever 34k is oscillated to permit the valve to close, as shown in Figure 3. The link 37and lever 34 through their pivotal connection 36 operate in the nature of a toggle to oscillate the lever 3-1, and a minimum amount of power in rotating the delivery pipe and sleeve 10 is necessary to positively open the valve. i

To prevent a dead center of the pivot 36 between the pivot lug 38 and the pivot 35 or the lever 34, the lever 34E ispreferably bent outwardly adjacent the pivot 36, as indicated at 39.

The stop, hereinbefore mentioned,y for limiting movement of the valve control member 25 with the sleeve 10, I'have shown as a pin or projection al projecting from the fixed support 1' in position to be engaged by a stud 4.0 and the pivot lug 38 of the link 37 at the upper side of the control member, and itV will be understood that this ensures that after the valve has been opened or closed by-movement of the valve control member with the `sleeve 10, said valve control member remains stationary as to any further turning of the sleeve in the same direction. A n

ln using my improved washer, the water can be turned on and rshut off by avery slight angular motion of the sleeve 10 and arm 1l, which is easily aiiected by pulling on the hose. It willbe noted that the angular motion necessary to do this is only a few said delivery pipe,

degrees, and thus it is most conveniently done. Furthermore, it makes no difference 1n what angular position the sleeve and arm 11 stand, the slight movement of them in one direction or the other will always open or close the water supply valve. After the water has been turned on, the hose can be carried on in the same direction as far as desired, and if desired to carry it in a reverse direction the only effect will be to first shut @if the water so that when the hose reaches its desired position a slight reverse movement is necessary to turn on the water again. Unrestricted freedom of movement of the hose is thus provided, together with absolute control of the water, conducing to `great ease and convenience in manipulation of the washer and to greatI economy of water.

Vhile I have shown and described certain details of construction, it will be understood that this-is only for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and that many modifications and changes can be madein said details of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, l do not desire to be understood as limiting myself except as required by the following claims when construed in the liO'ht of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, I claim is:

l. The combination with a fixed inlet pipe having a valve therein, a movable delivery pipe connected to said inlet pipe, a controling member for said valve actuated by said delivery pipe, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to connect with said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling member.

2. The combination with a fixed inlet pipe having a valvetherein, a movable delivery pipe connected to said inlet pipe, a controlling member for said valve movable with a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to connect with said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said vlever and said valve controlling member.

3. The combination with a iixed inlet pipe having a valve therein, a movable delivery pipe connected to said inlet pipe, a rotatable controlling member for said valve actuated by said delivery pipe, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to connect with said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the what Vother end of said lever and said valve controlling member. L The' combination with a fixed inlet pipe having a valve therein, a delivery pipe rotatably connected to said inlet pipe, a controlling member for said valve rotatable with'said delivery pipe, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to connect with said valve to open the saine, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said controlling member.

5. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a' Vmovable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling inember movable with said delivery pipe for a part only of the full extent oit the movement of the latter, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to engage said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling member.

6. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling member having a movement with said delivery pipe during a part only of the rotation thereof, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to engage said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling member.

7. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling member frictionally receiving a motion from said delivery pipe during a part only of the rotation thereof, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to engage said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end lof said lever and said valve controlling mem- 8. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of al valve controlling member frictionally rot-ated by rotation of the delivery pipe, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end adapted to engage said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling' member.

9. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling member frictionally rotated by rotation of the delivery pipe, stop means limiting rotary movement of said member, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with onev end adapted to engage said valve to open the same, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling member.

10. The combination with a support having a valved water supply, a rotatable sleeve on said support, and a delivery pipe arm on said sleeve, of a valve operating member frictionally engaging said sleeve so aslto turn therewith and operate thevalve as the arm begins to swing, Va xed stop projecting from` the support to be engaged by sait member and stop the same at the opposite limits of its movement, a lever pivotally mounted intern'iediate its ends with one end adapted to engage said valve to open'the' same, and a link connected. between the other end of said lever and said valve controlling member.` y

11. The combination with a support having a water supply with a valve having a reciprocating stem, of' a delivery pipe movably mounted on said support, a valve con trolling member actuated by said pipe', a lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends with one end :trictionally engaging said valve stem, and a link connected between the other end of said lever and said controlling member.

12. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a `movable delivery pipe,'of a valve controlling member movable with said delivery pipe for a part only of the full ment of the latter, and a lever pivotally connected to said valve controlling member for actuating the water supply valve;

13. The combination with a supportl having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling member having a movement with said delivery pipe during a part only of the rotation thereof, and a lever pivotally connected to said valvel controlling member for actuating the water supply valve.

14. The combination with a ing a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling meinber rictionally receiving a motion from said delivery pipe during a part only of the rotation thereof, and a lever pivotally connected to said valve controlling member for actuating the water supply valve.

15. The combination with a support having a valved water supply and a rotatable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling memsupport havextent of the moveber rictionally rotated by rotation ol' the delivery pipe, stop means limiting rotary movement of said member, and a lever pivotally connected to said valve controlling member for actuating the water supply Valve.

16. The combination with a support having a valved water supply, a rotatable sleeve on said support, and a delivery pipe arm on said sleeve, of a valve operating member frictionally engaging said sleeve so as to turn therewith and operate the valve as the arm begins to swing, a fixed stop projecting from the support to be engaged by said member and stop the same at the opposite limits of its movement, and a lever pivotally connected to said valve controlling member for actuating the Wat-er Supply valve.

17. The combination with a support having a valved Water supply and a movable delivery pipe, of a valve Controlling member movable With said delivery pipe for a part only of the ull extent of the movement of the latter, and means Jfor causing said valve controlling member to aotuate the Water supply valve. y

1S. The combination With a support having a valved Water supply and a swinging delivery pipe, of a. valve controlling member having `a movement with said delivery pipe duringa part only of the swinging thereof, and means operated by said valve controlling member for actuating the Water supply valve.

19. The combination With a` support hav-V ldelivery pipe, of a valve controlling member frietionally receiving motion from said delivery pipe during apart only of the movement thereof, and means operated by said valve controlling member for actuating the Water supply valve.

20. The combination with a support having a valved Water supply and a movable delivery pipe, of a valve controlling member rietionally moved by movement of the delivery pipe, means limiting movement of said valve controlling member, and means operated by said valve controlling member for actuating the Water supply valve.

EDWARD MULLER. 

